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Propylene Carbonate as a Solvent for Asymmetric Hydrogenations
Author(s) -
Bayardon Jerome,
Holz Jens,
Schäffner Benjamin,
Andrushko Vasyl,
Verevkin Sergej,
Preetz Angelika,
Börner Armin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200700990
Subject(s) - propylene carbonate , solvent , iridium , catalysis , carbonate , chemistry , organic chemistry , phase (matter) , hydrocarbon , derivative (finance) , hexane , electrode , financial economics , economics , electrochemistry
A penny saved is a penny earned: The use of propylene carbonate as the solvent in iridium‐catalyzed hydrogenations of nonfunctionalized olefins allows efficient catalyst recycling through the formation of two‐phase mixtures with nonpolar solvents such as n ‐hexane. In the picture, the hydrogenated tetrahydronaphthalene derivative is extracted into the hydrocarbon phase.